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Hwang Woo-suk

1953 - Today

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Hwang Woo-suk (Korean: 황우석, born January 29, 1953) is a South Korean veterinarian and researcher. He was a professor of theriogenology and biotechnology at Seoul National University until he was dismissed on March 20, 2006. He was considered a pioneering expert in stem cell research and even called the "Pride of Korea". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hwang Woo-suk has received more than 546,189 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Hwang Woo-suk is the 566th most popular biologist, the 189th most popular biography from South Korea and the most popular South Korean Biologist.

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Hwang Woo-suk ranks 566 out of 1,097. Before him are Karl Alfred von Zittel, Edward Turner Bennett, Barry Commoner, Abu al-Abbas al-Nabati, Sabiha Kasimati, and Eduard August von Regel. After him are Blasius Merrem, John Ellis, Jean de Thévenot, Johann Heinrich Blasius, Miles Joseph Berkeley, and Constantine Samuel Rafinesque.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Hwang Woo-suk ranks 220. Before him are Tōru Furuya, Boris Grebenshchikov, Graeme Souness, Eric Bogosian, Wim Eijk, and James Russo. After him are Russell Mulcahy, Taryn Power, Robert Picardo, Dževad Karahasan, Stanley Williams, and Aleksandr Abdulov.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Hwang Woo-suk ranks 189 out of 1,128. Before him are Huh Jung-moo (1955), Uhm Jung-hwa (1969), Bae Yong-joon (1972), Han Kang (1970), BoA (1986), and Park Chanyeol (1992). After him are Lee Nak-yeon (1951), Kim Young-ae (1951), Ha Seok-jin (1982), Bang Si-hyuk (1972), Lee Ji-ah (1978), and Jun Ji-hyun (1981).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In South Korea

Among biologists born in South Korea, Hwang Woo-suk ranks 1. 

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